Adjustable marker.



E. CARDELL.

ADJUSTABLE MARKER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 17. 1915,

Patented Dec. 7. 1915.

Witnesses Attorneys COLUMBIA PLANUORAPH CO..WASHINOTON D c burrs stares ELLA CARDELI, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,-ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ALICE SHIFFER,

anion.

0F MECHANICSVILLE, Iowa.

ADJUSTABLE MARKER. f

To all u'hom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ELLA CARDELL, ahciti- Zen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and Stateof Illinois, have invented a new and useful Adjustable Marker, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to measuring and marking devices, and is particularly an improvement over the adjustable marker disclosed in my Patent No. 1,111,212.

The object of the invention is the provision of an adjustable marker of the nature disclosed in said patent, and which is provided'with improved features, to enhance theutility and etliciency of the device, and render the device as simple in construction as is possible consistent with the utility thereof, and in order 't-hat the cost of manufacture ofthedevice will be reduced. to a practical minimum. 7

. One of the specific objects of the invention is the provision of unique means for applying an upright measuring stick or bar to a table, bench or other support, and Wherebythe bar or stick will be heldfirmly upon the floor or base, so that the bar or stick which carries the marking'elements may be employed by a seamstress for hang! ing her own garments. I ,.Witl1 the. foregoing and other objects in'view which will appear as the desclrip tion proceeds, "the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it beingunderstood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention hereindisclosed can bei-rnade within the scopeof what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

companying drawing, wherein- Figure l is aside elevation of the device in erected position. Fig.2 isa perspective view of the meniberforattaching the measuring bar or stick tothe table or other support. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of another form of attachment for" fastening the measuring bar or stick tothe table or support. Fig. l is a perspective view of another modified form of attachment. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of still' another form of attachment. a

In carrying out the invention, reference i Specification of Letters Patent. i

The invention is illustrated in, the: ac-l being had to Fig. 1, there is employed a measuring stick or bar 1 which is graduated suitably, and which comprises upper and lower sections 2 and 3, the adjacent ends of which are 'detachably connected, whereby The coupling illustrated in Fig. l embodies a sheet metal coupling member 4 of rectangular-cross section for receiving the adjacent ends of the sections 2 and 3 which are of rectangular cross'section, and one side of the coupling member is providedwith two pairs of slits 5 extending a short distance from the ends of the coupling memher, and providing spring tongues 6 which bear against the measuring stick sections 2 and 3 for holding the sections and coupling member assembled,and to enable the parts to be readily assembled and detached.

An attachment 7 is employed for applying the-measuring stick or bar to a table "or other support T, when the measuring stick is disposedupright and seated upon the floor or base, and whereby the measuring stick "isfirmly held in place. This attachment: comprises a doubled resilient wire 8, the limbs of which are bent to provide "the coils or loops 9 betweenthe intermediate portion and endsof the wire, and to provide the curved or bent portion 10 between the'loops or coils 9 and the central or intermediate portion of the wire. The end portions 11 of thewire project'from the coils or loops 9 to that sideaway from the portions 10and provide resilient arms to engage under the edge portion of a table or other support. The arms ll are' provided attheir free ends with upturned teeth or spurs. l2. A-transverse strip 13 is secured between the portions 10 adjacentthe loops or coils 9, and has its ends coiled or bent around the. portions 10, as at 14, whereby the strip 13 braces the wire element, and also serves as means for engaging one side of the measuring stick or bar, with the loops or coils 9 straddling, or overlapping the adjacent sides of the stick or bar. 'The strip 18in connection with the interm'ediate portion of the wire and the portions 10', pro- Patented Dec. 7,1915. Application filed March 17,1915. Serial No. 15,032.

vide a binding element 15 slidable upon the measuring barIor stick 1. A thumb piece 1 6 is" preferably secured to the intermediate or central portion of the Wire 8.-l Vhen the attachment 7 is applied to themeasuring stick, the binding element 15 embraces the, stick, orathe stick is passed through the said element. Then, when the stick '1' is properly placed upon the fioor,'the attachment 7; is slid upwardly so that the arms 11 engage under the table or other support'l, the teeth 12 biting intoithe table to prevent slipping,

and then by forcibly raising the' bindmg element 15, the arms 11 and coils 9 Will be brought under tension, as Well as the hindingelement15. This will cause the binding.

elementi'lo to grip or-bind upon the stick 1, tohold the attachment v7 and stick n place 7 relative toone another, and the parts being base. 7 binding element '15Ibeing moved upwardly.

5 tongue 23 for holding the 'chalkoncrayon,

brought under tension, will tend, toimove the stick 1 downwardly,andthis will hold the stickfirmly in place upon the floor or This is. due to the reason that the to bring thewire element under tension, Will swing the binding element into gripping relation w th the stick, and W111 spring the: arms 11 and loops 9 so that they have a tendency to move the stick 1 downwardly relativeto the table or support T. Consequently,the, attachment enables the stick 1 to befirm ly fastened to the table or supportTQ' V Upper and lower slides 18 and 25 are car ried bythestick 1.' The upper slide 18 is adjustable upon the measuring stick, and has a chalk or cr'ayon holder anda spring Qlfin'place-andtQ allow the chalk orlcrayon to 1be adjusted, or removed for purpose of replacement. 7 H chalk or crayon holder 26 resembling the holder522 above described. Q q Thepresent device is used in;the same manner-as-setforthin my former patent, 7

supra, and a reiteration of the uses of the present device is therefore deemed unnecessary, since reference may be had tothe said paten t. jAttention' is directed, however, to

the tact-um v the attachment 7 enables," the measuring stick'to be applied'to the table or support fl in; a simple, but thoroughly eiiicient manner, for firmly holding the measuring stick upon the floor orfbase, whereby the measuring or marking operation .may becarriedout satisfactorily, the present deviceenabllng the seamstress to measure or lay out her own garments. The

device may also beemployed-as a trammel for laying off or marking the goods whe laid upon a table or other surface. 1 In Fig. 3, a modified form of attachment is delineated, this attachment, designated 27, comprising a doubled resilient sheet v metal member 28 having the apertures 29 The lower slide-25 has a.

for the measuring stick 1 adjacent the bend thereof, and having the projecting leaf springs 30" and 31=WhlCl1 are adapted to straddle the table or other support T, so that When the leaf springs 30 and 31 are placed astride the table or support they will be separated and will thus cause the member 28 to bindorgrip the measuring stick for-holding the measuring stick firmly in place; 7

Fig. 1 illustrates another form of attachment. This attachment 31 comprises all; shaped clip-32, adapted to be placed astride the measuring stick 1 from one side,'so. that the attachment may be readilyapplied to and removed from the measuring stick With,-

out interfering with the marker slides 17 and'l'f. This attachment 31 embodies the spring arms 33 having the terminal teeth or spurs 3% to engage the table or support, and the butt ends of the arms are connect.- ed by aq'yoke 35 Which is secured-to one side of vthe clip 32 so that the arms 33" will be carried by the clip. It is evident that when the clip 82 is engaged tothe measuring stick, it may be moved upwardly to engage the arms, 33 with the-table or support to bring thea-rms33 under tension, the clip 32 will be caused tobind against or grip the Incasuring stick, the sameas the attachment 7.

The-attachment 36 illustrated in Fig. 5, is bent from a Wire, andits-intermediateportion is bent angularly'upward as at 37, and the ire is provided with crossed portions 38 between the portion 37 and the ends of the Wire. The springarms l0 project from the i l .Havingthus-described the invention, what is claimed as newisr .7 u a 1. Ina device, of the character described, a bar adapted to beset on end upon a floor or base, and an attachment embodying means slidably engaging the bar and means for engaging under, a table or other support, the attachment being of such, construction that when'the last mentioned means engages the, table or support, the first mentioned means is caused to grip the bar and tlie bar is thereby held upon the flooror ase.

In a device of the character described, a bar adapted to be set on end upon a floor or base, and an attachment embodying a resilient member having a binding element siidably engaging the bar and having a rportion to engage under a'tableorother supj .bindlng eiernent siidabiy engaging the bar port for causing the binding element to grip the bar and for holding the bar upon the floor or base. a

3. In a device of the character described, a bar adapted to be set on end upon a floor or base. and an attachment embodying a binding means slidabiy engaging the bar and resilient means for engaging under a table or other support, whereby when said resilient means is brought under tension it Will cause the binding means to grip the bar and will hold the bar upon the floor or base.

at. In a device of the'character described,

21 bar adapted to be set on end iipon 'a flooror base, and an attachment embodying a and a resilient portion carried by the bind ing element and ,engageable under a table or other support forcausing the binding element to grip the bar and for holdingthe bar upon the floor or base.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my oWn I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

Mes. ELLA CARDELL. WVit'nesses:

N. HIGGINS, A. B. Cnoss.

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7 r a Washington, D. o. 

